Tonight, Brayden Schenn will become the third-youngest player to appear in a regular-season game for the Kings. Schenn, at 18 years, 97 days, is behind only Aki Berg, who debuted in 1995 at 18 years, 71 days, and Jimmy Carson, who debuted in 1986 at 18 years, 81 days. Schenn’s brother, Luke, made his NHL debut for Toronto last season, 24 days short of his 19th birthday.
Here’s what Terry Murray said today, looking ahead to Schenn’s NHL debut…
MURRAY: “I’m looking forward to seeing him play. He had a great training camp for us. I know he just played a game last night, over in Victoria with the Canadian junior team. We have injuries. It’s an emergency call-up situation and it’s an exciting time for him. We’re looking forward to seeing where his game is at, as we get to this time of the year.
“We’re going to play Schenn a lot of minutes here tonight. I think it’s the right thing to do. He’s a young guy that we’re very high on. He’s a great prospect, a really good player for where he’s at in his career right now, and he will play a regular shift. I’m going to put him in a situation where he’s going to play with a couple veteran players, and let him play.”
Long Live the Kings!
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Great plan and a great opportunity for BS. While this stint is likely to be short, I hope BS makes it a very difficult decision.
Thank you Rich for all the work that you do for us!
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I hope TM puts him out there to start the game. This is good stuff!
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Great to get a look at him ! I want to see how he skates…first game..18 years old…i dont expect to much….i just want to see him in a flow of a game…should be fun !!
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GRRRRRR ! Its not on down here in texas. Hate that…Gonna have to count on you guys to tell me how he looks
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I saw him a few months ago at the world Jr training camp and he looked very impressive. Hopefully he can take it to the next level tonight.
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dont think we should start calling him BS personally
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Agree Blake
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yea, BS and POS are not really good acronyms.
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hi!
i watch him all the time in brandon you guys will be impressed with him when he makes the team in a few years this is a little to early for him yet but he is a great player!!!
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